Military juntas can care about the planet too

Dear John,
National Geographic once cared about democracy and freedom.
And so did you.
Do you still?
Would democracy & freedom in Burma
be a good thing for our Society?
Or have we narrowed our focus to care only about the planet?

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John rarely, if ever, gives interviews.
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Dear John: Let’s Talk

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About

Hi. I'm Alan Mairson. I'm a freelance journalist based in Bethesda, Maryland; a former staff writer & editor for National Geographic magazine; and a member & lifelong fan of the National Geographic Society. For details about this project, please check out our inaugural post. For more about my advisers & me, see this. To feel the tight financial grip that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation exerts on the National Geographic Society, peek at these tax returns. And if you'd like to share ideas, questions, or suggestions — or if you just want to heckle :-) — please contact me here. Thanks for stopping by.